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Professional tax registration
Professional tax is a state tax on professions, trades and employment, capped by the Constitution at ₹2,500 a year per person. In states that levy it, a business enrols to pay its own tax and registers as an employer to deduct it from salaries. We check what your state needs, apply for both and set up the payment routine.
- Enrolment and employer registration, where both apply
- Your state's rules and slabs checked
- Applications filed on the state portal
- Note on payment and return dates
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Price
Enrolment and registration
₹1,499+ ₹270 GST
5–10 working days, subject to the state
- Check of your state's professional tax law
- Enrolment for the business's own tax
- Employer registration for deduction from salaries
- Applications filed on the state portal
- Enrolment and registration certificates
- Note on slabs, due dates and returns
Fees are before 18% GST. Any state application fee, and the professional tax itself, are paid at actuals.
Who needs professional tax registration
- Employers in states that levy professional tax
- Companies, LLPs and firms that must pay their own professional tax
- Professionals such as doctors, CAs, lawyers and consultants in those states
- Businesses opening an office or branch in a new state
Documents you'll need
- PAN of the business
- Certificate of incorporation, partnership deed or other constitution document
- Address proof of the business premises
- PAN and Aadhaar of the proprietor, partners or directors
- Photo of the applicant
- Salary details of employees, for employer registration
- GST registration certificate, if any
- Bank account details
You upload these from your order page after you pay. Scans or clear phone photos are fine.
How it works
- 1
Check your state
We confirm whether your state levies professional tax and which registrations apply to you.
- 2
Documents
You send the documents and salary details. We fill in the state's forms.
- 3
Filing
We file the enrolment and registration on the state portal and answer any query from the department.
- 4
Certificates and routine
We send the certificates with a note on the slabs, payment dates and returns that apply to you.
Enrolment and registration
Most states that levy professional tax issue two certificates. Enrolment is for a business or professional paying their own tax each year. Registration is for an employer, who deducts the tax from salaries and pays it to the state.
A company or firm with staff usually needs both. Each state sets its own slabs, due dates and returns, and some collect professional tax through local bodies instead.
Which states levy it
States such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh levy professional tax. Many others, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan, don't.
If you have offices in more than one state that levies it, you register in each, and deduct for each employee under the rules of the state where they work. Late registration, payment or returns attract interest and penalties under state law.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need professional tax registration?
Only if your state levies it. If it does, employers register to deduct it from salaries, and most businesses and professionals also enrol to pay their own.
How much is professional tax?
Each state sets its own slabs, usually based on salary or the type of business, up to the constitutional limit of ₹2,500 a year per person.
Who deducts it from employees' salaries?
The employer, monthly or as the state requires, and pays it to the state along with a return.
We have staff in two states. What do we do?
Register as an employer in each state that levies professional tax, and deduct under that state's slabs for the staff working there.
Do professionals need to enrol?
In most states that levy it, yes. Doctors, lawyers, CAs, consultants and other professionals enrol and pay a yearly amount, even with no employees.
What if we registered late?
Register as soon as you can. States charge interest and penalties for late registration and payment, and we help you work out any arrears.